Adekuoroye vows to correct mistakes before Rio Olympics

By Akeem Lawal

NIGERIAN freestyle wrestler and Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medalist, Odunayo Adekuoroye, has assured  that she would correct the mistakes noticed during her fights at the just concluded Spanish Grand Prix before the Rio Olympic Games in Brazil.

Adekuoroye could only settled for a bronze medal in her 53kg class at the Spanish Grand Prix as the Team Nigeria wrestlers won a silver and two bronze medals.

In a chat with Sportsbiz247.blogspot.com, the three-time African champion said the seven Olympic-bound wrestlers will continue to prepare for the Games under the tutelage of coaches Victor Kodei, Purity Akuh and others, whom she described as the best in the sport.

“I don’t have any regret finishing in third place at the Spanish Grand Prix and it is good that it happened this way. That is why it is good to go for competitions like that. I know God has a plan for me.

“It was just a mistake that I believe won’t happen again. I was leading my opponent from Venezuela 8-6 before losing the fight 10-8. I don’t know how to explain because I wrestled her well to the extent that she couldn’t stand up after the match. So I believe I have an edge but it is good you make mistake sometimes so that it won’t happen again.

“We will continue to train in Nigeria and I must commend our coaches. It’s just that we don’t appreciate what we have. Can you believe that when we go for competitions coaches from different countries normally come and ask my coach ‘where do you people train?’ Despite the fact that we don’t have the best of facilities, no adequate fund for camps not to talk of enough competitions, we are still shaking the world thanks to them. They are the best coaches in the sport,” she said.